No bullet holes in Sandy Hook school windows !

September 22, 2010 HSEEP Training Course was held at the Sandy Hook Fire Department. [link to www.ct.gov]

The following comes from page 17 of the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Volume 1 HSEEP Overview and Exercise Program Management 2007. [link to hseep.dhs.gov (secure)] Phase 3: Exercise Conduct After design and development activities are complete, the exercise takes place. Prominent steps in exercise conduct include setup; briefings; management of facilitators, controllers, evaluators, players, and actors; and wrap-up activities.

Setup

The exercise planning team should visit the exercise site at least 1 day prior to the event to set up the site. On the day of the exercise, planning team members should arrive several hours before the scheduled start to handle any remaining logistical or administrative items pertaining to setup and to arrange for registration.

For a discussion-based exercise, room layout is particularly important. When setting up an operations based exercise, planners must consider the assembly area, response route, response operations area, parking, registration, observer/media accommodations, and a possible Simulation Cell (SimCell) facility. Restrooms and water must be available to all participants, observers, and actors. All individuals permitted at the exercise site must wear some form of identification. Perimeter security and site safety during setup and conduct are essential.